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Bill Gates Responds To Apple iPad

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tired-of-these-yet dept.

superapecommando writes "Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has called Apple's iPad a 'nice reader' but claims netbooks are the way forward. Speaking briefly to BNET's Brent Schlender, the Microsoft Chairman, who had admitted to being in awe of the iPhone on first release, saw nothing in the iPad to really excite him."

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  1. Re:Uh, what? by Etrias · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Perhaps you've heard then of the FSF? Read here. If they eventually remove it, great. And don't count your chickens before they hatch on what they might do. I have problems with Amazon and the Kindle with their DRM scheme as well. Just because one company does it does not excuse everyone else from doing what's right.

    Oh, you might want to check your caps lock key. It seems to turn on every fourth or fifth word.